Huntsville gazette., 1887-02-12
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

Ex-Councilman Andrew Wepler, OF
Louisville, KY, who killed Henry Clay,
grandson of the great commoner. In 1884,
and received sentence of two years in
the penitentiary, has just completed his
sentence and has been released.
Two small boys, aged eight and ten
years, while in the woods in Jones Coun.
ty, Ga, few days ago, gathering brush,
We're set upon by Sam Bivend, aged sew
enteen, and murdered with an axe.
Bivend was arrested and has confessed
By railway collision near Bozeman,
Ala, few days ago, two engines were
practically demolished, a number of cars
were wrecked, and James Tucker, engi
neer and James McDermott, fireman
Il vere killed.
I Sara BraIow, a well-anezvn neGro deS.-
perado, was shot and mortally wounded
at Shreveport, La, few days ago by PO
iceman Dan Holland Bralow was under
arrest and attempted to escape, knocking
Holland down with chair.
Chattanooga, Tenn, is In tumult Of
excitement over recent extraordinary
transactions in real estate in that city, the
total sales of the past month having ag
gregated nearly four and half million
dollars.
fatal accident occurred recently in the
eastern part of Lonoke County, Ark. Tho
little son Of Colonel j. NJ. johnson was out
hunting and accidentally shot himself in
the foot with load Of small shot. The
wound was very slight and no thought was
entertained of fa,,sl termination. A few
days afterward, however, lock-jaw super
vened and death ensued.
DIR. NJ Alexander, one of the leading
physicians of Knoxville, Tenn, after a re
cent protracted spree took an overdose OF
morphine with fatal result, leaving wife
and two sons. Deceased was very highly
connected.
The miners employed at the various
coal mines in Walker County, Ala, held
meeting few evenings since, at which
they decided to strike, their demand for
an increase of ten cents per ton having
been refused. Five hundred men have
gone out.
The Alabama Legislature has passed
and the Governor has approved bill pro-
hibiting the employment of minors to sell
liquor In that State.
Dr. T. j. Ford of Shreveport, La, who
killed J. c. Kirkpatrick, of that city, in
Crescent Hall, New Orleans, last sum.
mer, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter
and is awaiting sentence.
Under DEGREES Of the Federal courts, the
property Of the Southern Telegraph Com.
pany was recently sold at auction at Rich.
mond, Va, for $4,000. The main and
branch lines cover eighteen hundred
miles between Washington and Selma,
Ala
Nearly one Thousand citizens of Louis
vile, KY, assembled at the railway STA
tion to welcome home Andy Wepler, the
ex-alderman who killed Henry Clay, for
which crime he served two years in the
penitentiary at Frankfort A grand en-
tertainment was given at the house of the
murderer.
John Fl. Reagan, who was recently elect
ed Senator from Texas, was Postmaster
General of the Confederate States, and is
the author of the Interstate Commerce
bill.
George Airy, who recently played the
bogus gold-ring trick in Cincinnati, st.
Louis and Memphis, Tenn, was convicted
at Nashville few days ago and sentenced
to the penitentiary for three years. While
at the door of the Jail Airy escaped from
the officer in charge, but was recaptured
aud taken to the penitentiary.
Father Lawler, of Louisville, XIV, has
accommodated from the Catholic Church
a grocer named Michael Mccoy, who mall
treated his first wife until she secured
divorce whereupon he married a young
woman living next door. All members Of
the church are forbidden to recognize the
offender.
A mobo of masked men, about thirty-fve
strong, entered the Jail at Seguin, county
seat of Guadalupe County, Tex, few
mornings since, and, overpowering the
taller, took three negroes. Coly Thomp-
son, Andy Williams and Warren Wilson,
who, several weeks ago, murdered a
couple Of Mexicans, and hanged them to
as many trees in full view of the town.
The jail at Berryville, Ark, was broken
a few nights ago and all the prisoners es-
capped. At last accounts none Of them had
been recaptured.
H. NJ Pierce, president of the Nashville
(Tenn) Land Improvement Company has
agreed to donate 100000 toward improv-
ing the public park at the new town of
Davidson, three miles from Nashville
He also agrees to build standard-gauge
steel road from the Union depot to David
son and present it to the Land Improve
ment Company.
A premature explosion occurred at the
Tuman (Tenn.) Iron mines few days ago,
resulting in the killing of two convicts
and the wounding of eight others.
The residence Of Captain w. s. Phillips
atUniontown, KY, was totally destroyed
by fire few. evenings since, and the in
mates barely escaped with their lives.
The loss is estimated at s., 900, insured for
$500 The fire originated from sparks
from the pipe of servant who was smok-
ing in bed. He was slightly burned in his
endeavors to extinguish the flames.
Harry Morrison, while going down town
at Louisville, KY, few nights ago met
with singular accident and miraculous
escape from death. A bolt OF lightning
struck the earth about three feet in front
of him, tearing the ground up all around
HIM and lifting him fully three feet in the
air. He fell upon his side and was quite
badly bruised. The sole of the shoe on his
left foot was ripped off as cleanly as
though cut with knife. His loft leg has
black streak on the inner side producing
feeling of numbness, otherwise he sur
fered no serious consequences from MS
lightning adventure.
Chestnut Mound, Smith County, Tenn,
was visited few nights ago by water
spout, which almost ruined that section
of the country, the immen body OF wa
ter carrying every thing before it. The